Case Study: ADAC Automotive achieves a 77% reduction in its annual budget cycle with Vena Solutions

How ADAC Automotive Slashed Its Budget Cycle by 77%

ADAC Automotive, a tier‑1 automotive supplier with 1,250 employees managing a $300M annual budget across 30 departments and six plants, struggled with slow, error‑prone budgeting. Relying on Microsoft Dynamics AX and about 80 disconnected Excel templates, the finance team spent months manually consolidating submissions and fixing formula errors, leaving little time for analysis and often stretching the budget cycle to six months.

By implementing Vena’s FP&A software—tightly integrated with Dynamics and Excel—ADAC centralized data, automated workflows, and added audit trails while preserving familiar spreadsheet interfaces. The result: a 77% faster budget cycle (from six months to six weeks), month‑end reporting reduced to 15 minutes, an 80% cut in Excel templates, and faster, more accurate reporting and analysis.

ADAC Automotive

Kelly DeWispeleare

Finance Director